You're probably looking for the option " --existing". You can also play around with --update, --ignore-existing, and --remove-source-files off the top of my head... not sure which combination will work for you.
2009/6/22 Low, Alex <alex....@asgardwealthsolutions.com.au> > Hi, > > > > Rsync is a fantastic program, and it does everything we need in terms of > file transfer and syncing source and destination file directories. > > > > We do have a situation now where we need rsync to transfer the files once > only from the source directory. Please let me briefly explain > > using a simple generic exmple: > > > > 1. At t0, we transfer f0 location A to location B > > > > 2. At t1, 10 new files are added to Location A > > Therefore, rysnc faithfully transfers all 10 new files to location B > > At location B, we now have f0 to f10. > > > > 3. At t2, *f0 to f3* are deleted from location B, and we don’t ever want > the deleted files to be copied again from location A > > > > 4. At t3, rysnc waits up, transfers files f0 and f10 again plus any new > files that may have been added. > > > > So, at location B, we end with the deleted files *f0 to f3* again. > > > > Can you please think of a way we can soft-switch rsync NOT to do step 4 > above ? > > > > Our help much appreciated. > > > > Regards, > > > > *Alex low* > > > > Asgard Capital Management Limited > > Level 39, 152-158 St Georges Terrace, PERTH WA 6000 > ( (08) 9415 5758 ( 0423 820 728 > 7 (08) 9481 8481 > alex....@asgardwealthsolutions.com.au* > www.asgard.com.au * > > *Asgard Wealth Solutions** > *Advice. Solutions. Confidence. > > > > ======================================================= > IMPORTANT INFORMATION > > This message and any files transmitted with it are confidential and should > be read only by those persons to whom it is addressed. If you have received > this message in error, please notify us immediately by way of reply. Please > also destroy and delete the message from your computer. Any unauthorised > form of reproduction of this message is strictly prohibited. > > It is the duty of the recipient to virus scan and otherwise test the > information provided before loading on to any computer system. No warranty > is given or made by Asgard Wealth Solutions Limited, Asgard Capital > Management Limited or SECURITOR Financial Group Limited that the information > is free of a virus or any other defect or error and they will not be liable > for the proper and complete transmission of the information contained in > this communication, nor for any delay in its receipt. > > Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, > except where the sender specifically states they are the views of Asgard > Wealth Solutions Limited, Asgard Capital Management Limited or SECURITOR > Financial Group Limited, as the case may be. > > ======================================================= > > -- > Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. > To unsubscribe or change options: > https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html >
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